Open AccessAnalysis of drag and lift forces for a sedan car using a rear lip spoiler
Author(s) -
Juan Gregorio Hortelano-Capetillo,
J. Merced Martínez-Vázquez,
José Luis Zúñiga-Cerroblanco,
Gabriel Rodríguez-Ortiz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista de ingeniería mecánica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2531-2189
DOI - 10.35429/jme.2020.13.4.23.31
Subject(s) - drag , aerodynamics , lift to drag ratio , lift (data mining) , aerodynamic force , engineering , structural engineering , aerodynamic drag , aerospace engineering , mechanics , physics , computer science , data mining
In this research, aerodynamic tests were carried out using Solidworks Flow Simulation software on a Sedan-type car, implementing different sizes of lip-type spoilers at the rear to obtain the results of the drag and lift coefficients produced by movement. of the air regardless of the design at the rear of the car and analyze if there was improvement in aerodynamics. Analyzing the results, it is obtained that the aerodynamics of the car is improved when a lip-type spoiler is fitted, the lift forces were reduced, whereas the drag forces remained constant for all the different designs.